TORONTO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
crawled higher on Friday as the energy sector gained despite
slipping oil prices, offsetting weakness among financial stocks
as investors also scooped up shares of companies that have taken
a beating recently.

Toronto-listed shares of BlackBerry jumped 10.5
percent to C$12.03 as the company's pivot to software began to
show traction and it reported its first quarter-to-quarter
revenue increase in more than two years.

Bombardier also got a boost after it received
certification for its CSeries 110-seater plane. Its shares rose
16.2 percent to C$1.36.

Separately, a source told Reuters that Pierre Beaudoin is
expected to step down as executive chairman of the company in
early 2016.

Meanwhile, the materials sector gained 2.8 percent as gold
and copper prices rallied and energy stocks added 1.9 percent,
despite oil falling on the day and notching a third straight
weekly loss.
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